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title: "6 Candidate Run Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I always start my campaigns early, and I run hard. Maybe it comes from the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco politics, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamala-harris/i-always-start-my-campaigns-early-and-i-run-hard-maybe-it-comes-from/)

[Kamala Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamala-harris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/kamala-harris-2523_blood_i-always-start-my-campaigns-early-and-i_524816.jpg)

> [Donald Trump is the first candidate ever to run for president in the last 40-plus years who has not released his tax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/donald-trump-is-the-first-candidate-ever-to-run-for-president-in-the/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/hillary-clinton-51_candidates_donald-trump-is-the-first-candidate-ever_1890833.jpg)

> [There's always been that theory that if a candidate can't run a decent campaign, he probably can't run a decent presidency. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-collins/there-s-always-been-that-theory-that-if-a-candidate-can-t-run-a/)

[Gail Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/gail-collins-3567_being-true_there-s-always-been-that-theory-that-if_2310681.png)

> [When I am the candidate, I run the campaign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/when-i-am-the-candidate-i-run-the-campaign/)

[Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/richard-m-nixon-727_campaign_when-i-am-the-candidate-i-run-the-campai_2536362.jpg)

> [What a grassroots party is about is people getting excited, getting involved in the local political process, saying, we want our candidate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/what-a-grassroots-party-is-about-is-people-getting-excited-getting/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/bernie-sanders-233_excited_what-a-grassroots-party-is-about-is-peop_2966849.jpg)

> [You can't let a candidate run for too long. He will be dragged along, cut apart, put back together and ripped to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peer-steinbruck/you-can-t-let-a-candidate-run-for-too-long-he-will-be-dragged-along/)

[Peer Steinbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peer-steinbruck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/peer-steinbruck-31025_again_you-can-t-let-a-candidate-run-for-too-lo_3069752.jpg)

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